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That's all well and nice, but we're currently not living in a world that will last. We're on the brink of some huge changes: oil getting replaced as main resour
by erikb 9y ago
That's all well and nice, but we're currently not living in a world that will last. We're on the brink of some huge changes: oil getting replaced as main resource, AI becoming more and more able to really help making business & political decisions, space flight becoming affordable, the big players on the planet increasing their military and trying to buy each others valuable corps and resources.
Even the biggest companies are more and more moving to flexible business models, not really being anything like what the label says outside on the door. Just think about banks. Once the most stable institutions in the world, now not sure what they are. But everybody knows they need to adapt in some way if they want to stay relevant.
Trump, Putin, Xi, all people you better don't mess with. All people who are totally willing to mess with others. What happens when they start to mess with each other? And maybe that just has symbolic value, but next week the German government is re-elected, and the Nazis will get 10% of the parliament seats.
Nobody knows what the world will look like in 10 or 20 years. How can you build something to last that is not a few hundred meters underneath a huge mountain and self sufficient?
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- grzm 9y agoYes, the world is changing and there's a lot that's uncertain. However, this is really over the top and has little to do with the submission per se. Do you have anything specific and constructive regarding the post? Strategies they should be using to build their business? Say what you want about their business strategy. At least it's an ethos.
- erikb 9y agoI don't know if this fallacy has a name, but many people have it. In many situations the goal itself must be adapted according to the environment, in this case attempting to build a business to last is the mistake. The smarter way is to not have a company and let others worry about it, or to build a company to grow quickly, so that it can take a newly formed space quickly.